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Leners Patent No, 95,254, camz'sepzmbf/r 2s, 1369.

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The `Schedule 'referred 'to in theseLetters Patent and making parto! the same.

Be it knownthat I, AMos MORLEY, of Addison, in the county of Lenawee, and StateofMichigan, have invented a new and'useful Improvement .in Horse- `shoers Nai1-Olinchers;\and I do declare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof, ref-' e rence being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to `the letters of reference marked thereon, and being a part of this speciiication. p p The nature of this invention relates to an improved e device for clinching or upsetting the ends of the nails driven through a horses hoof for securing the shoe to i the saine, i

Itconsistsin the arrangement, on a proper handleV or stock, of a .compound lever, operating al serrated cani, `for turningdown and' clinching the nail to its i position; also, in the general arrangementV of its parts,

as hereinafter incre fully shown and set forth.

. I n the drawings- 1 i AA represent thestock or -handle of Vmy device,

. provided, at its lowerend, with serrations a.

Over tlxexioiver end isslipped a clamp, B,lprovided with internal notches or' serrations b, to engage with those ony the`,stock, so that `it may be adjustable thereon.V e i l w The clamp stii'rnishedpon.the side of its Aslot oppo-V site its serrations b, (which are shown in o11tlir 1e,)\}vith `a spring, b', to compel' its ,engagement with the serra,`

tions a, 'and thus retain it in'position'. f

` 1 The clamp is also serrated on its upper edge, so that the head of the nail being operated upon will enter the A serrations and prevent its slipping. I A l; i

Pivoted in av longitudinal slot in the body of the tool,

at c, is a lever, C, Whose shorterarin is a geared segment, c.

'Pivot'ed at d, in the same slot, is a'l'ever, D, whose shorter arm is a serrated nam, D', and whose longer arm is provided'with gear-teeth d', on its end, to engage with the teeth c of the lever O; v

`By bringing the lever O toward the lever A', the Y cam4 D will be caused to move downward and inward. To operate the device, the` horse 'being shod, and

then'ails ready for clinching, the shoertakes his hoof on .his knee. Taking the levers .AJ and'G in one hand, with`the-otherl1e adjusts the clamp B on the stock, bringingt-he serrations inits upper edgeagainst the head ofthe nail, and the cam D with its base on the 'endof the nail. He then draws the lever G toward the lever A', when the cam will turn down and clinch the nail-end to the proper position.

A spring, E, mayfzbe placed between the levers, to

`throw them apart, if desired.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1 i Asa new article of manufacture, the horseshoe-nail clincher above` described, constructed, arranged, and operating as set forth. 4

Witnesses: AMOS MORLEY. H. F. Ennnrs,

JAS. I. DAY.- 

